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From: George Pinto
> .... but there are no Goan King crabs.
RESPONSE: On one of my sojourn's, I ate a Goan crab in Betalbatim at
Martin's corner. It was massive and the best crab dish I've ever had.
Mrs Carafina had named the dish after India's batting ace, Sachin [1], I
was told. But like all good things in Goa, the crab was caught in waters
off Bardez.
> Even Mrs. D'Souza from Benaulim says there are no Goan
> King crabs and she knows what she is talking about.
RESPONSE: Its quite possible Mrs. D'Souza has not left her Sashti
confines. The crabs are in Bardez.
> Mr. Naik from Ponda told me last month he ate crab once
> at Baga beach, but it tasted like lobster.
RESPONSE: Looked like a crab, tasted like a lobster? Huh? Mr. Naik, eh?
The name sounds familiar, nevertheless, Mr Naik is not from Bardez; he
could not handle the liquor in Bardez hence his confusion.
There is the other Goan crab sometimes mentioned here......Allow me to
point out a philosophical piece from our very own Goanetter, Dom Martin
on the subject of the other Goan crab:
http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2008-August/165012.html
- B :-)
PS. All we need now is for Pandu Lampiao to wake-up. Unless he has
returned to his digs in Sawantwadi
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http://www.martinscornergoa.com/pop6.htm
